Re: Home computer network problem

Malke

Thanks for your further reply & advice.

I am glad to say I am now making progress with this!
I can now access my second computer on the network.

I spent more time looking at advice on websites (& seemingly many people
have experienced this problem & gone through many ways to solve it & some
apparently remain resistant & unfixed).I did adjust some parameters from
advice from a Microsoft KB article (but have now forgotten which article no!).


However success came when I investigated & adjusted the firewalls. The
windows firewalls were already switched off on both the computers. Then when
I configured Norton firewall to allow this network to be "trusted" on my
second computer I was able to access this computer's shared drives & folders
from its workgroup. (I have McAfee on my server(?) computer & Norton Internet
suite on my second network computer).

Your advice was pretty spot on to check firewalls.

I have one remaining problem though! I have allowed a desktop on my second
computer to be shared but when I try to access this I get the same pesky-
access denied do you have admin rights? -message. This is strange as I can
now access all the other folders I have allowed for sharing on that
computer. I run Win XP pro on the "server" computer & Win XP home edn on the
second computer.

(BTW I once took one of my computers to a shop for attention & was told I
needed to remove most of my programs from the drive. It was quite full, but
there was enough space for Win98 to run & the shop did not solve the
problem.This was a wired network issue & I hooked up with a friend who lives
about 40 miles away & we solved it together- I actually spent a whole weekend
again with him trying to sort out slow starting on my computer.One reason for
this is the large amount of memory McAfee uses in the background! Ever tried
getting good help from PC World? I could write more on this! Like many
things an ability to do your own simple DIY is a practical solution to many
problems. It is also very good that there are many sources of information
free & available on the internet & shows the positive side of technology &
the internet).

If & when I get my problem fully fixed (& can access this presently
inaccessible desktop) I will post again. If you can add any more advice I am
again very grateful and have much appreciated your replies & help here.
Best wishes

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RPD


"Malke" wrote:

RPD wrote:
Hi Malke

Thanks for your reply.
I tried rerunning the network setup wizard but when I applied LAN setting it
finished the wizard.
I tried using the wireless wizard but this wouldn't work either.

I have McAfee virus protection on one computer & Norton on the other.
I looked at the website but again unsuccessfully.
I have searched the internet for help again unsuccessfully.
I had earlier contacted Belkin for support but they referred me to microsoft
support website and I cannot find the answer there.

I don't understand computing technicalities much & think I may be beyond
help with this now. Still if anyone feels they can offer more simple
instructions to allow me to fix this & so share folders over my home network
I would again be grateful for your help & will give it another try!
Best wishes

The wireless wizard has nothing to do with setting up file/printer
sharing on a local area network (lan). You need to:

1. On each machine, go to the Control Panel and make sure that the
Windows Firewall is Off. If it wasn't Off, turn it Off.

2. On each machine, go to Norton and McAfee and configure them to allow
your lan as trusted. If you don't know how to do this, look in the
programs' Help files. I don't recommend either McAfee or Norton so don't
have those programs running on any machines; therefore, I can't check
the exact location of those configuration options for you. You'll just
need to patiently look - the options are most definitely there.

3. If both machines are XP Home (you didn't say), then you're done
except for making the shares. If one or more of the computers are XP Pro
or Media Center, read what I wrote in my previous post and either enable
Simple Sharing or create identical user accounts/passwords on both machines.

If this is still confusing, consider having a local professional come
on-site to set you up. This is easy and doesn't normally take very long
so shouldn't be too expensive. There is no shame in doing this. I don't
hesitate to call a plumber when I need one. ;-)


Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

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